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Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in the Hawzen woreda of the Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres (8,460 ft).

It is suggested that this church was built in the 6th century. Not much is known about it. The paintings in the church are original and the dry air and lack of humidity have preserved them.

To access it, a person needs to climb a steep cliff with hand and feet holes carved into it. It is one of 35 churches in Ethiopia that is built into a high place like this.

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[–] SinTacks@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

How crazy is the climb?

[–] Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

There are 34 other churches like this?? That's wild

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

This is some serious Indiana Jones shit.